Oh, it's cumbersome compared to turning an aperture ring. Your hand is already there to support the lens. Wheels are superfluous when you already have other controls on the body to work like DOF preview, shutter, exposure comp, AF settings, etc. And that's from somebody who's used lenses of all kinds for 20+ years.
Why not just let the lens be a lens? Adding one more control on the body seems backwards to me. I mean that was the complaint about the "plastic blob" cameras of the 90's; they took the simplicity out of photography. I wouldn't touch one of those PZ cameras with a ten foot pole. Pentax listened to those complaints and came out with the ZX-5n which was lauded by everyone as very simple to operate. Perfect layout, nothing got in the way. Now, give that camera a metal body, weather seals and make it digital and I'll shoot with it all day long. Just keep the aperture coupling ;-] -Brendan --- Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You may not like it. You're entitled to your > preferences, as is Rob. > But it's neither ridiculous or cumbersome. In fact, > it's considerably > less cumbersome than an aperture ring. And that's > from someone who > used aperture rings for forty years. > Paul > On Sep 17, 2006, at 12:12 AM, Brendan MacRae wrote: > > > Rob...I'm totally with you on this. > > > > Using a dial on a camera body to control the > aperture > > is nuts to me. I don't see it as an advantage > either. > > To me it seems cumbersome and ridiculous. > > > > -Brendan > > > > --- Digital Image Studio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > >> On 17/09/06, Paul Stenquist > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> But you no longer need the ring to set the > >> aperture. The dial works > >>> just fine. > >> > >> It might work fine, but it's not my preference, > my > >> preference is to > >> use the aperture ring, as it is on my Mamiya and > >> Leicas. I'm not happy > >> that I am being steered away from my preferential > >> mode of operation, > >> I'm allowed not to like this and I don't see why > I > >> shouldn't be able > >> to say so. I don't view the way that things have > >> progressed as good or > >> advantageous to me because they simply aren't. > >> > >> -- > >> Rob Studdert > >> HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > >> Tel +61-2-9554-4110 > >> UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ > >> Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
